SAMR Model

The SAMR model provides a clear and concise set of categories that define the nature of technology use in a learning situation. There is a clear progression from technology used to enhance learning to digital tools used to transform learning. The model does not assume that redefinition is always better than substitution or augmentation–this all depends on the learning goals. Though in a truly 21st century classroom, technology use should span this progression, living predominantly in transformation zone of the SAMR model.
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Web 2.0 Tools - an incomplete list


Symbaloo Webmix of Tool for Literacy & Technology - features effective tools for teaching reading and writing
by Rachel Mainero, teacher and literacy coach at Reuther Middle School
Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools – a comprehensive site with digital tools galore (presentation, video, image, audio, writing, research, graphing etc.)

Online Writing/Publishing

Websites

Teen Ink – a website and printed magazine with writing by teens for teens. This site accepts art, poems, stories, personal narratives, college admission essays, and reviews of favorite (and least favorite) movies, books, colleges, and websites for their monthly print and online magazine.
Figment – a site for teenagers who love to write and want to share their work and talk about creative writing with other young people
Frodo’s Notebookan online quarterly magazine that invites teen writers to submit personal nonfiction essays, fiction, poetry, and reviews.
Youth Voices - a National Writing Project supported site; We invite youth of all ages to voice their thoughts about their passions, to explain things they understand well, to wonder about things they have just begun to understand, and to share discussion posts with other young people using as many different genres and media as they can imagine!
Bookopolis – GoodReads for kids, where students can post and share book reviews
Launchpadprovides a creative and engaging atmosphere for young writers and artists to display their work.
Genius – interconnected websites that allow people to engage in social annotation of news, sports, literature, song lyrics, history and screenplays

Tools & Platforms

Issuu – free web-based publishing; upload PDFs for slick looking, colorful products
KidBlog – safe and simple blogging platform for students
Tumblr – blog platform more appropriate for high school students
Blogger – Google’s blogging platform; privacy settings can be adjusted
Wikispaces - a wiki platform you can use to have students publish for each other or write collaboratively
Penzu – private online journal tool with sharing and commenting capabilities.
PrimaryPad- collaborative writing platform for schools
Make Beliefs Comix - create and publish comic strips in English and other languages
Group Zap- online brainstorming (individual or group) that can be exported to a pdf
Yola- free and easy website platform.
WordPress- free blogging platform with a slew of free themes to choose from
Evernote - powerful note-taking, content-collecting, researching tool

Photo and Video Tools
Picnik- free online photo editing, no registration required.
Jaycut- free online video editor, a nice alternative to Moviemaker and iMovie

Social Media (esque) Tools
Today's Meet – Instant feedback, brainstorming, and back channeling. Chatroom with no email required.
Edmodo- online class collaboration tool with an interface similar to Facebook's. No email/registration required.
Twitter- social media tool with posts 140 characters or less.
Twitter Search- search hashtags to discover who's posting about what in the world

Other Classroom Tech Tools
Diigo- bookmark, share, and annotate online sources, a powerful research tool
Tagul- create, edit and publish word clouds
Dipity- find, create, and embed interactive timelines
Jing- free screenshot and screencast platform
Glogster- have your students create cool digital posters for free
Prezi- create slick online presentations
LiveBinders- a free place to collect, store, and share digital information neatly and easily
Google SketchUp- downloadable Google app to build 3D models
Kathy Schrock's Google Bloom's Revised Taxonomy - Google tools and apps that support and engage the various levels of critical thinking